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Save Your Skate History: How to Repair VHS Tapes Devoured by Your VCR

Don’t let your skate clips die.
ShreddER October 17, 2025
How to Repair VHS Tapes Devoured by Your VCR
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If you have a collection of old skateboarding videos on VHS, you know the feeling of popping in a tape and hearing your VCR chew it up.

All those tricks, all those sessions, suddenly trapped in a mangled strip of tape. Luckily, Dead on Arrival has a how-to video, and fixing it is usually doable with some patience and a few basic tools.

Here Are The Items You’ll Need:

  1. Small Phillips precision screwdriver
  2. Scotch tape
  3. Scissors
  4. Razor blade
  5. Spare VHS tape if you have one, in case you need parts

Then you just have to follow the video below.

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